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Cracking Gadhafi's intelligence base in Libya

In an image taken from footage broadcast on Al-Jazeera television, shows Libyan leader Moammer Gadhafi gesturing while delivering a nationwide address in Tripoli. Gadhafi says he will stay in Libya despite the bloody showdown between protesters and his security forces. Libyan rebels have reached the highly symbolic Green Square in the center of Tripoli on August 22, 2011. UPI
In an image taken from footage broadcast on Al-Jazeera television, shows Libyan leader Moammer Gadhafi gesturing while delivering a nationwide address in Tripoli. Gadhafi says he will stay in Libya despite the bloody showdown between protesters and his security forces. Libyan rebels have reached the highly symbolic Green Square in the center of Tripoli on August 22, 2011. UPI | License Photo

A significant symbol of Moammar Gadhafi's rule in Libya, the headquarters of his intelligence services, is not solely in the hands of rebel forces. Al-Jazeera reporter Jamal Elshayyal took an initial look at the HQ, though the contents, ranging from secret prison cells to a massive amount of confidential documents, will take much longer to fully analyze.

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